Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc package, versions <2.22-10
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0.55% (78th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-518576
- published 10 Jun 2016
- disclosed 10 Jun 2016
Introduced: 10 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-4429 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.22-10 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4429
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20112
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=bc779a1a5b3035133024b21e2f339fe4219fb11c
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4429
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-2/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=bc779a1a5b3035133024b21e2f339fe4219fb11c
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